From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: using use-package Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 19:36:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <01b4d996-aad3-44ff-a580-7950b25b7dc8@googlegroups.com> References: <20150805055619.13567.17B26335@ahiker.mooo.com> <17131863-cbb8-4a85-8470-490fe9a0c0d4@googlegroups.com> <66dceb24-5fef-4316-8c8b-e9a3e62b0fb8@googlegroups.com> <3594e2c6-bd02-412f-98df-9dd0f145277a@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439001624 16430 80.91.229.3 (8 Aug 2015 02:40:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 02:40:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 08 04:40:20 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNu3Y-0001YB-AO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2015 04:40:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51729 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZNu3X-0001QJ-I4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2015 22:40:19 -0400 X-Received: by 10.13.207.1 with SMTP id r1mr9208986ywd.46.1439001377909; Fri, 07 Aug 2015 19:36:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.50.167 with SMTP id d7mr15964igo.10.1439001377878; Fri, 07 Aug 2015 19:36:17 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!69no4457959qgl.1!news-out.google.com!nt1ni2084igb.0!nntp.google.com!pg9no7906188igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=117.195.57.59; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 117.195.57.59 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2015 02:36:17 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:214054 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106339 Archived-At: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:06 AM, Rusi wrote: > > On Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 7:25:06 AM UTC+5:30, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > >> On 2015-08-05 18:34 -0700, Rusi wrote: > >> > >> > Putting in the core is rather some distance from promoting as the "one > >> > true way" > >> > >> Ok, so please specify what you mean by "putting in the core". > > > > After apt-get install emacs > > use-package should be available > > Likewise in windows after downloading and unzipping On Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 1:41:23 AM UTC+5:30, Grant Rettke wrote: > When you add MELPA it is available via `list-packages' which is very nice. > Grant Rettke Thanks Grant Can you share (the relevant pieces of) your init?? I tried use-package Then found req-package via looking for recipes for use-package. Which seems/claims to have to have superceded use-package. Except that it has 'recursion' problems... Viz. req-package requires dash, log4e So one has either - handle it outside the package system - do it once by hand and then point to the ~/.emacs.d/elpa/dash-major.minor.patch And expect it will break when the version-numbers change Personally I can handle this However for my completely beginner students this would just add to the overwhelming nature of emacs So for now I think I put aside req-package and stick to use-package [And would appreciate tips]